So yesterday*October 6th* Baruch held a blood drive in the all purpose room. I went down there expecting the best because I have given blood plenty of times before, and this time felt like any other time. I saw Ambrose down there..with his feathered and lethal hair..and i sat down and took the same survey of questions as the past 3 years. Since I am “big” (according to the director of the blood drive), and i have a high iron count, i usually use the Alyx Machine. It takes out your red blood cells, and pumps the white blood cells and plasma back into your body. It takes out more than the normal amount of blood, and since they love my blood (-O) i figured what the heck why not. So i sat down on the machine, like always, and figured it would be another pitch in my arm, 5 songs on my ipod, and i was done…but this time something went wrong. The machine is all on one big timer. The thingy that squeezes your arm to get your blood pressure *and yes i did say thingy* is on a timer with the needle that sucks the blood out of your arm, which is on a timer with the fluid that gets pumped back into your arm. So the *thingy* kept squeezing my arm tighter and tighter, and it really started to hurt. I told the lady and she insisted that it was normal to feel pain at first, but i knew that it wasnt supposed to hurt that bad. Whatever, i dealt with the pain until i looked down and my whole arm turned purple. Literally PURPLE. I told the lady and she kinda giggled and said “your fine hon—Oh my god! Mike come here!!!” Mike is the director of the whole blood drive. So what had happen was, the machine kept squeezing my arm tighter and tighter, and blood kept getting sucked out of my arm until there was no blood left. WOOHOO! I had no feeling in my arm all day, according to a couple of guys, and i quote, “looked like shi*”. I wound up eating a “chex mix turtle bar” from mike and kinda felt better after that =). I went on the train after and what do you know..i completely was out cold and had to be waken up by the conductor before he left. Well all in all, It was a GREAT expierence, and i am now scared to give blood again!